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New Town Hall
New Town Hall: New City Hall, Munich, Bavaria, Germany-LCCN2002696132
New Town Hall: 13.7.20 Munchen 228 (50114835742)

Photo: Rijksmuseum · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

City hall · Munich, Germany

New Town HallSuspected

On the globe
Dated
Dated 1867–1908
Declared purpose
Seat of the Munich city government
Today
Survives, still the city hall
Build time
About 41 years in stages
Region
Europe
Architect of record
Georg von Hauberrisser, architect: about 26 when credited (1867, born 1841). Build time on record: about 41 years in stages.All architects of record →
On the list as
Suspected

Why it's on the list

Its architect was about 26 when work began.

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A Gothic Revival city hall with the famous Glockenspiel, by Georg von Hauberrisser, who won the job in his mid-20s.

  1. Why researchers flag it

    Its architect was about 26 when work began.

  2. A young architect

    Hauberrisser was about 26 at the start.

  3. Gothic in the 1900s

    Medieval style built into the 20th century.

Questions worth asking

  • Why medieval forms for a modern city hall?

Possible original uses

  • City hall

What the photos show

Sources

Further viewing

Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.

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